Buffalo Panthers

The Buffalo Panthers are a Runty team based In Buffalo, NY. They are a founding member of the North-Eastern Runty Championship, the sport's first professional league.

The Panthers were founded in 1890, at the request of Buffalo mayor Charles F. Bishop, after he attended a game in New York. They played their inaugural season in the New York Runty League, becoming the second team from outside the New York metro area to join. in 1946, the Panthers, along with 6 other NYRL teams, broke away to form the NERC.